योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-3

तरङ्गनिकराकारभङ्गुरव्यवहारिणि ।
पातः पक्वफलस्येव मरणं दुर्निवारणम् ॥ ३ ॥

taraṅganikarākārabhaṅguravyavahāriṇi ,
pātaḥ pakvaphalasyeva maraṇaṃ durnivāraṇam 3

3. taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahāriṇi
pātaḥ pakva-phalasya iva maraṇam durnivāraṇam

3. taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahāriṇi
maraṇam durnivāraṇam pakva-phalasya pātaḥ iva

3. In this existence, whose workings are perishable and resemble a multitude of waves, death is unavoidable, just like the falling of a ripe fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• तरन्ग-निकर-आकार-भङ्गुर-व्यवहारिणि (taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahāriṇi) - in an existence whose workings are perishable and resemble a multitude of waves

• पातः (pātaḥ) - fall, falling, descent

• पक्व-फलस्य (pakva-phalasya) - of a ripe fruit

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death

• दुर्निवारणम् (durnivāraṇam) - unavoidable, irresistible, difficult to avert

Words meanings and morphology

तरन्ग-निकर-आकार-भङ्गुर-व्यवहारिणि (taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahāriṇi) - in an existence whose workings are perishable and resemble a multitude of waves

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahārin

taranga-nikara-ākāra-bhaṅgura-vyavahārin - whose activity/dealings are fragile (bhaṅgura) like the form (ākāra) of a multitude (nikara) of waves (taranga)

Bahuvrīhi compound, masculine/feminine/neuter locative singular.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (taranga+nikara+ākāra+bhaṅgura+vyavahārin)

• taranga – wave
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛṅg (class 1)
• nikara – multitude, collection, heap
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, semblance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √kṛ with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, brittle, transient
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √bhañj 'to break'.
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• vyavahārin – acting, dealing, engaged in worldly affairs, (implied: existence, world)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √hṛ with prefixes vi-ava-.
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies an implied noun like `saṃsāre` or `jīvane` (in life/existence).

पातः (pātaḥ) - fall, falling, descent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāta

pāta - fall, falling, descent, dropping

Derived from root √pat 'to fall'. Masculine nominative singular.

Root: pat (class 1)

पक्व-फलस्य (pakva-phalasya) - of a ripe fruit

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pakva-phala

pakva-phala - ripe fruit

Compound noun. Neuter genitive singular.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakva+phala)

• pakva – ripe, cooked, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √pac 'to cook, ripen'.
  Root: pac (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Derived from root √mṛ 'to die'. Neuter nominative singular.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

दुर्निवारणम् (durnivāraṇam) - unavoidable, irresistible, difficult to avert

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durnivāraṇa

durnivāraṇa - difficult to avert, unavoidable, irresistible

Gerundive

Compound: dur- (difficult) + nivāraṇa (averting, hindering). Neuter nominative singular, modifying 'maraṇam'.

Prefixes: dus+ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'maraṇam'.